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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18
LIFE OF A STREET CAR HORSE.
Retired From Public Service After Five
or Six Years and Then Sold.

Retired From Public Service After Five
or Six Years and Then Sold.
Whether it is mental strain which eventu-
ally ruins the constitution of the car horse
don't pretend to know but the fact remains
that, after enjoying public life for FIVE or six
years they are retired. The retirement Is
sometimes congenial, but oftener not Many
learned men htsieve that horse is wiser in
quiet way than some human beings. Ii
this is true, does not the young colt, scamper.
ing about at viii in the field OF its first
owner, dream of the days of ease which will
follow the years OF work to Gomez 1t has the
example of its mother. This good soul, for
twenty years or more, aided the farmer in
blowing the soil, or in harvest time stored
the hdy in his barn. She is now enjoying the
leisure which she has so hardly earned
The day arrives wlsn colt and mother
must part. The former is taken TO the city
and sold to a railroad company, while the
latter pursues the even tenor of her life, hop
ing each year that the lost one will return.
Vain hope! The colt which at four years Of
age left its home, buoyed up with hope, en-
ters the service of railroad company. No
more for him viii COW bells jingle. No more
will be feel the caressing nose of his mother
on his forehead, OF sniff new-mown hay or
partake of fresh green grass. Instead of such
pleasures he must jog patiently in front of a
car. with a SCARED veteran for companion.
and after five years service finds himself
broken down and useless. Between five and
seven years is the average life of car horse
Some have been used by the company for ten
years or more: but such are rare cases.
Like an orange, the juice of which has been
sucked, the car horse then, after five years c:
faithful service, is condemned and sold for a
pttance. The $500 horse of five years ago is
the S25, SIS or even IS horse of to-day.
Horses which have outlived their usefulness
are sold at auction at prices ranging from
$50 to $40 and s.. Occasionally poor ami
NAL is in such bad condition that it cannot be
sold at any price. Being useless, the horse is
shot and its bones allowed to bleach on the
Odoriferous soil of Barren island. The horses
in a salable condition are bought by buck
sters, peddlers, rag men aud others, who
treat them kindly or otherwise, according to
their several natures. One of the principal
reasons for the premature age of car horses is
that at all times while on duty they are COM
PEELED to stop suddenly and with but little
warning Such violent treatment has q
wearing effect and is evidenced by the fast
whitening locks and general lackadaisical
appearance of many horses seen daily on the
streets of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Eagle.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

bag pudding, Of l..6 origin, and made OF
apples and dough. has come back In ali Its
glory.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

s.rve heard ali the stories Of long t-le-
graph circuits" said postal telegraph
operator at Buffalo, land in my time I've
worked some pretty long ones myself, but
/ never heard of anything that equaled one
that we had the other afternoon. Our peo-
pie are building a line from the terminus OF
the Canadian Pacific to Frisco, and
heard Vice President Henry Rosener talk
ing with President Chandler m his office, In
New York city. Mr.. Rosener was at New
Westminster. which is on the Pacific coast
Just opposite Vancouver island, so they
were talking across the continent. By
that route it is about 5000 miles, for
the wire was made up via Buffalo, Toronto,
and the Canadian Pacific. Every few min
ties could hear Medicine Hat chip in, and
all along the circuit the operators were on
1t vas a wonder TO everybody, and the In
straments were working as clear as bell
on that long copper wire. Chicago Times
Whan = h,v1-y fhOr,rlit roynas tn a billions
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18
nai1sEg eagle
VIOLIN.

Gently. beneath her perfect rounded chin,
The instrument is casped, as mothers hold
Across their hearts a muchloved child, TO foA
1t from the world of misery and sin.
She'draws the bow across the strings, to win
To life the tones now soft, now strong and bold
but ever breathing some grand truth untold)
That dormant lies within the violin
0, mystery of music, wondrous art.
q The sympathetic violin but steals
The loves and hates that dwell within her heart
The very hopes the vague desires she feels
And at the bows quick touch they rise and start
In melody that Utmost soul reveals.
VIII Meredah Nicholson,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

When happy thought comes to a bilious
man be or ilt to shake hands with il and
malze it feel at home.-New Orleans
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18
A HAfDEN'S INGENUITY.
The Tailor's Daughter and Her Two
Suitors-A Pretty story.

The TailOr's Daughter and Her Two
Suitors-A Pretty Story.
There was once a tailor who had beauti-
ful daughter All the young men from far
and near cams to visit her because of her
beauty Two rivals sought her one day ard
yaid:
at is on your account that we have come
hither'
What do you want of meg she replied
smiling.
I'VE love You" returned the two yours
men, land each of us wishes to marry YOU
The maiden, being well brought up, called
her father, who listened to the two lovers
and then said:
1t is late; go home now, but come again
tomorrow, and ycu shall then know which OF
you shall have my daughter"
At daybreak the next morning the two
Young men returned. Here we are" they
cried to the tailor; remember what you
promised yesterday"
AWait little" he replied; II am going &c
town to buy piece of cloth; when L return
home with it you shall learn what expect
Srom you"
When the tailor returned from town be
called his daughter, and on her appearance
he said to the young men:
NV children there are two of you and
have but one daughter. To whom shall
give ner. Whom must | refuse! Behold this
piece of cloth; | viii cut from it two suits OF
clothes exactly alike; each one of you must
sew one of them; he who finishes his task first
shall have my daughter"
Each of the rivals took his task and prom
ised to set about it; the father called his
daughter and said TO her:
Here is the thread, make it ready for the
two workers"
The maiden obeyed her father, and taking
the bundle of thread seated herself near the
young men
But she was as clever as she was beautiful;
though her father did not know which of the
two she loved. nor the young men themselves,
she knew well enough. The tailor went
away, The maiden prepared the thread, the
vcung men took their needles and began to
sew. To the one she loved the beauty geye
short needlefuls. but to the other she did not
love she gave long needlefulS. They sewet
am, sewed. in eager haste; at II o'clock the
work was not half done, but at 3 the young
man who had short needlefuls had completed
his TASK while the other had yet much to do
When the tailor returned the conquero'
brought TO him the completed suit while h;'
rival still sat sewing.
"Mv children said the father, Il did not
wish to favor one more than another, that
was why | divided the cloth into two equal
parts and told YOU: He whe finished his task
first shall have my daughter Did You UNI
derstand me!'
Father" replied the two young men, 1--WE
understood you. and accepted the test; what
must be must
The tailor had reasoned thus: He who
finishes first will be the most skillful wors
man. and consequently better able to support
a Wife" but he never imagined tha' nl'
daughter would give long neediefus 10
man she did not wish 10 marry. CleverneS
carried the day, and the maiden really choSt
her own Observation-Disclosures Express
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

Sixty Chicago girls organized co-opers-
tive establishment for making mems clothing
for wholesale dealers They have good
plant for their establishment and thes romise
of plenty Of work
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

Fer a sprained ankle the white of eggs and
powdered alum made into plaster is almost
a specific.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

Dainty cards announcing new arrivals In
fashionable families are now sent out to those
supposed to be interested in the event, and
from whom q silver cup, coral beads, spoon,
or an amber necklace may be expected.
perhaps
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18
To Erase GrrAse Spots.

A mixture to erase grease spots: Equai
parts Of strong ammonia water, ether ana
alcohol form valuable cleaning compound
Pass a piece of blo:ting paper under the
grease spot, moissen sponge. first with water,
to render it greedy" then with the mixture,
AMI rub with it the spot In moment it
will be dissolved, sapouiied and absorbed by
the sponge and blot.er.-kansas City Times
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

one freighter has transported over IS ,oo0
pounds of wool out Of the Black Hills this
season
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

Society owls are now running on Dutch
cheese. and black bread with seeds in it, you
know
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

Whenever New EligiaIuer gets dyspepsia
he knows that his stomach Is in apple PIE
order Puck
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18

II you have such thing as corn, ron
lemon until soft. cut of thick slice, bind ca
at night 1t may soften by one application
II not, try. try again" and Is win surely
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

| THE beer drlmkard is the worst drunkarl
! in the world, and his chains are the heavi-
est and strongest.-P v. Nasty.
"TH1s is capital ale," said an old topper:
"see how long it keeps its head" "Ay,'
| said by-st ,nder, sbut consider how soon
! it takes away yours. Nv elLsprinO.
The liquor traffic defes law, corrupts
courts, dictates Legislation, nlultiplies crime,
lessons labor, destroys capital. Therefore,
do not license it. Prohibit it, root and
branch.
LICENSE protects the rumseller, and
takes needed food and clothing from the
tippler's wife and children, and puts the
value thereof in the till of the dramshop.
Will you protect the liquor dealer or the
families of his customers?
Do THE people exercise average COM
mon sense in forever working to remove
the evils and effects of intemperance, and
at the same time allowing the chief cause
thereof-the liquor tratfic-to be licensed
and continued in operation?
GENTLEMEN, cannot permit ones
ton Of mere revenue 10 be considered
alongside of o question of morals; but give
me sober population, not wasting their
earnings on strong drink, and will know
where to get my revenue. "-GIadatone to
the breuer,s Of London.
The Fall Brook Coal Company, which
employs over one thousand men in its
mines and on its railroads in the semi
bituminous coal region, in Tioga County,
Pa, conducts its business on tho strictest
temperance principles. In December. 1852,
the company adopted rule that any en-
ploye who was known to use Intoxicating
drinks would be dismissed from the COM
pany's service. Since this rule was adopted
by the coal company the list of it's fatalities in
ite mines and on its railroads has decreased
fifty per cent, ans its employees all havs
money ahead
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21
Strong Drink OH the Ocean.

Mr.. Froude, in his "Oceana," record of
his late journey around the world, states
that in sailing away from New Zealand he
went on board an American vessel. He
noticed that the crew was of IL very motley
character, and he said 10 the American
captain: None of your crew appear to be
English people" The captain
answered: mo; / make it an absolute rule
never to take in my ship any American. or
Englishman, or Irishman, or Scotchman:
all my crew are composed of Swedes, Nor
wegians, and Germans, because they do
do. thew do it in such moderation that taey
give me, at any rate, no trouble"
Strong drink adds greatly to the difficult
ties and rerils of ocean vo.s neutrality-suspicious.
at TcmDeTunce ldrOcdte.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21
National Temperance Education.

The National Womans Christian Tenl-
perance Union has issued a petition to Con-
gress on the subject OF national temperance
education, and asking the passage of the
Blair educational bill" which says:
"Inasmuch as the scientific temperance
education laws can benefit only such chill
dren as go to school, and in large areas Of
the nation no adequate provision is made
for the establishment of public schools. we,
representatives of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of the State of --,
do hereby request our representatives in
Congress to present our earnest petition
that the bill known as the Blair educational
bill, making an appropriation for the estab-
lishment OF schools, may be adopted at the
present session of the United States Con.
uracc -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21

they should vet be in school they are labor
ing in factories and mills, in stores and in
offices, both boys and girls. Their bodies
nre not yet sufficiently grown to stand the
burden of constant labor; they have not
received education sufficient to tit them for
ANYTHING but the lower grades Of work.
They are handicapped in the race of life,
and from their earliest years foredoomed
to lives of amending toll, by the intcmper-
ance OF their parents. The sins of the
fathers are visited upon the children. The
race is degraded rather than raised.
Then the fact might have been mentioned
that Rum is the parent of vice and all I'M
cleanliness, the patron and instigator of
crime, and that the burden of consequent
taxation to support courts, and police forces,
and maintain jails and penitentiaries, is
yearly growing heavier. There is no house
of ILL repute in our cities but that Rum is
sold, that the fires Of lust may be excited In
visitors and inmates through its means; the
dives and drinking hells are always the re-
sort of thieves and criminals, and the
vicious and depraved of every type; and
that Rum is responsible for o very large
proportion of the crime in the world is
amply proved in places where Prohibition
is enforced by the empty jails, the police
courts without business, and remarkable
decrease in all kinds Of law breakinp and
open vice.
1t might also have been stated that the
alarming increase in the ratio Of insanity
is traceable directly to the use of rum. il
is fact worthy of the gravest consideration
OF every one that the proportion of insane
people is increasing faster than the popula-
ZION. Not only are people driven insane
from the direct effects of rum. but the ruin
and desolation it brings in it's train drive
innocent people crazy. Then it is also a
fact that the idiotic and feeble minded
classes IRE also increasing because of rum
Tor it is fact that the children of drunk
ards are cursed in this way. Children be-
gotten while the parent is in state OF
intoxication are frequently idiotic. Thus
the curse is perpetuated, increasing steadily
the burdens on the state, adding to the
numbers of the poor, the vicious, and the
criminal, and swallowing up the earnings
of the laboring classes.
We earnestly trust that the grave matters
thus brought to the attention of organized
labor everywhere may be taken up and dis
cussed in all their bearings. The facts to
illustrate them can, unfortunately, be found
in every community. We have not the
slightest doubt that when these things arc
all clearly understood by the workingmen
OF the nation, and the means of their a1noli-
Grafton discussed, that there will be a
unanimous conclusion that the saloons must
80, that the rum traffic must be abolished.
With the ranks Of labor solid for Prohibi-
ton, it will soon be an easy task to P4ttrer-
ice the Ram P0Nef!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21
The Congregationnlists and Temper


The National Council of the Congrega-
tional Churches at its session III Chicago,
last November, adopted the following
resolution:
"Resolred. That the National Council of
Congregational Churches recognize the un-
finished condition of the great conflict with
intemperance, and, rejoicing in the evil
dence of widening interest in the final
triumph of Temperance principles and the
multiplying of helpful contes ants, does
again, as in former sessions, declare cor
dial sympathy with all workers seeking by
Christian methods to lessen the evils and
destroy the practice of uing intoxicating
liquors as beverage, and that, publicly
and privately, efforts be encouraged to
lessen the number of and bring to an end
the saloons and tipping houses in every
community; that with all Christian bodies
| We attest our sense Of the magnitude Of the
evil. and the appalling necessity Of a
speedy victory"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21
me FLYING YEARS.
~ he Witt Talmage's New
Year Sermon.

a,.,,d Not Measure Our Years by
,r,ows. but by Our Joys-For One
P". ~ Nightsl,atle There Are Fifty
ta'n ing Marisolds and Haretselis.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21

EYES. dear, he was a. Marquis in his own
country" "And what is he here:" "a
acsGe,Sbifter; but hush, he comss!"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21

r,yy Jan. 9.-This morning, at
Hmos,'arnacle, the Rev. T. De Witt Tai
+ Ia ~ d. eSpounded some passages of
, rchs He gave out the hymn begin
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21
AUDITORS REPORT.
Interesting Statistics and Timely Sug.
gestions in Auditor CaldwelPs
Biennial Report.

Territorial Auditor Caldwell has SUBJ
mitted his biennial report for the period
ended November 80. 1886. The total
amount Of warrants drawn in the two years
is 1856, OBS, 81, the number being 5,327 on
247 different accounts. The object for
which these expenditures have been made
may be summarized as indicated below,
which includes construction, maintenance
and all other expenditures:
Agricultural College at Bookings. . $ AZ. ,M .:,3
Insane Hospital at Jamestown. ....... GS, l65. ~
Insane Hospital at Yankton .......... 1lO,74S.D
Normal School at Madison .......... M.9,..:.j l6
expenses ........................ 54ss 81
Penieentiary ut Bismarck. ........... ,3.Sal ~
Peuitentary ut Sioux Falls. .......... T7nT5 OIL
School for deaf nlutes at Sioux Falls. .U,l4I .OS
School Of Mines at Rapid Citv........ 1,;i3l .Q4
University at Grand Forks . ti1g0 90
University at Velmillon. ............ 434T4 Al
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-21

.pIOcAhlM klOTy anu BOou CAoeT. AAey
are only waiting for the gate to open, and
begin.
remark again: There are maryland
wish there were more-who are estimating
life by the amount of good they can do.
John Bradford said he counted that day
nothing at all in which he had not, by pen
or tongue, done some good. If man be-
gins right, cannot tell how many tears he
may wipe away, how many burdens he may
lift, how many orphans he may comfort,
how many outcasts he may reclaim. There
have been men who have given their whole
life I'M the right direction, concentrating all
their wit and ingenuity, and mental
acumen, and physical force and enthu-
siasm for Christ. They climbed the noun
the sea- and trudged the desert, and drop
ped at last into martyrs graves, waiting
for the resurrection of the just. They
measured their lives by the chains they
broke of, by the garments they put upon
nakedness, by the miles they travelled to al
leyiate every kind of suffering. They felt
in the thrili of every nerve, in the motion
of every muscle, in every throb of their
heart. in every respiration of their lungs,
the magnificent truth: mo man liveth for
himself" They went through cold and
through heat, foot blistered, cheek smitten,
back scourged, tempest dashed, to do their
whole duly. That is the way way they ta meas cas-.
ured life-by the amount Of good they
could do. Do you want to know how old
Inther was: how old Richard Baxter was;
how old Philip Doddridge was? Why,
YOU cannot calculate the length Of their
lives BY any human arithmetic. Add to
their lives ten thousand times ten thousand
wears and you have not expressed it-.-vhot
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29


another year, with the expenses of a
criminal suit, and defaulting treasur-
er, the county is estimated to be over
$4,000 in debt ~!
And not all the blame is to be laid
en- the shoulders of our defaulting trea-
surer. Had our county clerk and COM
missioners discharged the duties of
their offices, there would not have been
so great a chance nor temptation to a
needless expenditure of county funds.
1t is hard to get at the facts in the
case. The county officers do not seem
inclined to explain matters. The ter
fitorial examiner went away without
throwing any light Oh the dark subject.
There may be and probably are a half
dozen men in the county who thorough
ly understand the business, but who
maintain as solemn asilence, as though
it was a private affair of their own.
The dear peoples votes were earnest
ly solicited and fair promises made,
which were forgotten when it came to
handling the dear peoples money.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29
COMMUNICATION.
1O7-66. u

Hot these days.
An occasional sprinkle does the corn
good but we need something more eff
fectual to soak up the ground which is
very dry. -
Clarence Toaz celebrated his birth
day by having number Of the juniors
of the neighborhood present to helphim
eat his cake.
Messrs Heath and Barnum Of Water
bury were at services at Bethel, Sun.
day evening.
Johnny Murphy was on the home
stead recently.
Mr.. Marlenee's entertained visitors
from Miller over Sunday.
Several of our people went to SO.
Elwains, ay evening, to hear
Ills. Williams. Of Sweetland, preach.
Every5ou, is pusy, some harvesting,
others stacking. LEPs1Dus.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29
SEVERE Hail. STORM.

On Tuesday night of this week, be-
tween 10 AMI II o'clock, a severe hail
storm passed through our county from
northwest to southeast. At this writ
ing full details have not been received,
but from reports beginning at point
in Harmony township about 4 miles
beyond Templeton, the destruction was
general in strip nearly 2 miles wide,
crossing the hills at and a little south
of the Springs.
Among the heavy losers are: G. z.
Smith, Chas. Brown, Jas. Hoar, Joseph
Bolton, CIV. Bolton, p. B. Davis, Mort.
Powell, S. II. Albert, Perely Hackett,
M. d. Crow, D. c. Hewitt, Chas. Cog
shall, Chas. Beach, 6. w. Bennett, Mrs.
French, G. W. Mcdonald, w. !. Bate.
man, G.. r. Bateman, A. b. Smart, and
southeast of town, as far as heard from,
Mr.. Campbell. The storm followed
very close the track of the storm of one
year ago, lacking but % hours Of being
on hand at the same time, The princi-
pal difference betW cen the storms con-
sisted in there being but little wind
this time, the damage having been
caused by the large sized hail.
But few of the losers carried any in
surance, and, as many were damaged
in the storm of year ago, the recent
loss bears on them so much heavier,
making the situation discouraging.-
Among those insured, we heard men
toned: Chas. Brown, Joseph and G. w.
Bolton, 2. r. Davis and J. r. Eddy.